http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/ Web Magazine for Smart and Beautiful Women Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:11 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-48544 shruti Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:35:34 +0000 http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-48544 the things stated above.. can be done only when i m aware of biting nails.. but when this awful thing starts.i m in a state oh half consioucness.. i cant resist myself.despiteof knowing that i m wrong. the things stated above.. can be done only when i m aware of biting nails..
but when this awful thing starts.i m in a state oh half consioucness..
i cant resist myself.despiteof knowing that i m wrong.

]]> http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-39189 Habiter Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:00:32 +0000 http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-39189 what they said :3 what they said :3

]]> http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-19250 red Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:31:41 +0000 http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-19250 I have the same problem for 24 years. I want to stop it coz I know that it also damage the teeth. BUt my problem is the "urge" to bite and that I only get contented when that "urge" stops once I bit my nails.I had some periods before when I stop biting but it did not last. I started picking at the skin around my nails and it's really an awful feeling.I want to stop and it's really disturbing. I have the same problem for 24 years. I want to stop it coz I know that it also damage the teeth. BUt my problem is the “urge” to bite and that I only get contented when that “urge” stops once I bit my nails.I had some periods before when I stop biting but it did not last. I started picking at the skin around my nails and it’s really an awful feeling.I want to stop and it’s really disturbing.

]]> http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-672 S. Hurley Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:31:16 +0000 http://geniusbeauty.com/woman-health/how-to-get-rid-of-nail-biting-habit/#comment-672 This is obviously written by someone who is not suffering from true onychophagia. Keep them neat so you'll be motivated to not bite them? Make a mental note to stop? That all assumes that I am even concious of when I am doing it. As for substituting another activity, that sometimes works - but not reliably, or for long. One bite is all it takes to undo weeks worth of good behavior. Bitter coatings and polishes don't help. In fact, it's sometimes MORE rewarding to bite them if they have nail polish on them (yes, I know it sounds gross). The placement of stickers, colors, or even false nails create a new "weight" to the nails, and make me even more concious of them than I normally would be, and make me more prone to biting, not less. It's sort of like going on a diet, suddenly thinking all the time about what you should (or should not) be eating, so in the end you eat MORE, and gain weight. The only valid options I see posted here are gloves (impractical, and you have to take them off sometime), and retainers to prevent use of one's teeth. Somehow I think if I went the retainer route, I'd start to pick at my nails/cuticles instead of biting them. I wonder if there is a scientific name for cuticle picking? This is obviously written by someone who is not suffering from true onychophagia. Keep them neat so you’ll be motivated to not bite them? Make a mental note to stop? That all assumes that I am even concious of when I am doing it. As for substituting another activity, that sometimes works – but not reliably, or for long. One bite is all it takes to undo weeks worth of good behavior. Bitter coatings and polishes don’t help. In fact, it’s sometimes MORE rewarding to bite them if they have nail polish on them (yes, I know it sounds gross). The placement of stickers, colors, or even false nails create a new “weight” to the nails, and make me even more concious of them than I normally would be, and make me more prone to biting, not less. It’s sort of like going on a diet, suddenly thinking all the time about what you should (or should not) be eating, so in the end you eat MORE, and gain weight. The only valid options I see posted here are gloves (impractical, and you have to take them off sometime), and retainers to prevent use of one’s teeth. Somehow I think if I went the retainer route, I’d start to pick at my nails/cuticles instead of biting them. I wonder if there is a scientific name for cuticle picking?

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